It’s time to look at the book I read in October! I received an advanced copy of this book to review. These are my own words and my own opinions. Sole Survivor – Norman Ollestad & Brendan Kiely ★★★★★ Available to purchase/download on October 28, 2025 This is the memoir of 11-year-old Norman Ollestad. It …
Month: October 2025
It’s the last Friday of the month! Let’s see what my runfessions are for October:) I runfess… that I thought I was officially done with the 25K trail run after this year, but it turns out, I had the beginnings of pneumonia, and that is why I was struggling (at the beginning). Thankfully, I am …
It’s time for another Monthly Musing!! This time I’m talking about all things Halloween. These will not be long or elaborate answers. I don’t do much for Halloween. 1. Favorite Halloween Traditions. I don’t know that I have any Halloween traditions. Maybe helping with the fall festival at church, and then the local Trunk or …
Happy Wednesday, friends! Let’s do this!! It’s time for Joyce‘s Wednesday Hodgepodge linkup! Here are this week’s questions with my answers in italics. 1. Are you a risk taker? To what degree? It depends on what the risk is. 2. What’s your favorite candy? Would you say you have a sweet tooth? I do have …
It’s the last Wednesday of the month, it’s time to link up with Shaeffer & Shay for What’s Up Wednesday! |What I’m Eating| Nothing super exciting, but I did have what will probably be the last homegrown tomato sandwich of the year. |What I’m Reminiscing About| Scotland. It has been rainy the past two days, and when I looked …
Our topic for this week is a Halloween freebie. I decided to go with books with orange and black covers, because those are Halloween colors 🙂 1. The Huntress – Kate Quinn 2. Coraline – Neil Gaiman 3. The Man with the Twisted Lip – Arthur Conan Doyle 4. There There – Tommy Orange 5. …
It was a busy, yet productive weekend! Friday Friday was a long day. On top of trying to get last-minute things done for the Kingdom Run (some last-minute things were beyond my control), I also had to work late:/ It was hectic, but it all got done! Saturday Saturday morning was our 9th annual Kingdom …
It’s the last Saturday of the month! It’s time for the “bonus” Saturday post! I’m linking up with Jennifer from My Joyful Life. She hosts the link-up every last Saturday. Now, let’s get to what we are here for: some things I loved, some things I learned, some things that went well & some things …
Happy Wednesday, friends! Let’s do this!! It’s time for Joyce‘s Wednesday Hodgepodge linkup! Here are this week’s questions with my answers in italics. 1. What do you like most about your family? Life has been hard on my biological family. We are a small family, but we are strong, and I love that! As far …
Our topic for this week is cozy/atmospheric reads. These seem like perfect books to curl up with! 1. The Bookshop of Hidden Dreams – Karen Hawkins 2. Eight Perfect Hours – Lia Louis 3. The Bridge – Karen Kingsbury 4. All Creatures Great and Small – James Herriot 5. The Cinnamon Bun Book Store – …